Community Council Paper

Throughout my time as an undergraduate student so far, my residential experiences have involved extensive participation in my community. Last school year, I became an assembly representative for my residence buildingʻs hall council. As an assembly representative, I was able to work with the other hall council members to plan and implement various events and programs that engaged our fellow peers and promoted learning beyond the classroom setting. This experience allowed me to advocate for the needs of my neighbors as well as unite our community.

The purpose of this paper is to identify one health problem that is most prevalent in my community. Residential demographic information will be provided. I will use Milio's framework for prevention to analyze this health problem. Then, compare the health problem to Healthy People 2020 national goals. Lastly, I will introduce one long term goal and three short term goals with their interventions.

I have been a part of hall council this year. It has been so awesome to work with and bounce ideas off of my fellow council members. A big part of this has been to be in continual communication. For example, last semester when there wasn’t a general all hall council meeting, I used email to communicate with Kennadians who indicated that they wanted to be more involved in the hall. This communication outreach yielded higher resident

Although I trust that certain things can be accomplished by myself, but culturally, I have a strong bond to a team or group. Additionally, the idea of a collectivist culture could be traced back to biblical day when the it was said that “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor” (Ecclesiastes 4:9, n.d) (Ecclesiastes, n.d) and also the popular quote of “Two heads are better than one” (The Phrase Finder,

The minute I walked through the doors of Audubon High School I knew this would be a prodigious four years for me. There is a multitude of extraordinary students, teachers, counselors, and administrators that make our high school the way it is. Part of the reason Audubon High School is such a success is because of its student council. My intentions for student council is to help provide a safe place where students can comfortably speak their voice and be more involved in school functions.

Through the political system the common citizen can connect with their government. In the United States there are nearly 300 million citizens removing us for the steps of the White House by distance or territory alone. Although local governments allow opportunities for the common citizen to be involved in the process of government, but in some ways federalism just makes government all the more confusing and unapproachable. Yet a democracy depends for its very livelihood on meaningful contacts between the people and the government.

“The responsible Dream Machine” was constructed as an incentive activity to promote cognitive skills through the medium of painting for young male college students. In the process, the workshop also alluded to stress relief, creativity, emotional benefits and physical benefits. Three diverse members of the student community constructed the congruency; I contacted all three members personally and agreed to partake. The workshop was presented in the OPTA classroom and was introduced by a PowerPoint presentation to present the reasons why the three students where there for and to slowly venture into the realm of painting for leisure purposes.

1. Why do you agree or disagree that diversity is a strategic advantage? In your response,

The census demographics that I found for my community were not entirely correct in comparison with my own observation of my community. One thing I notice that was accurate is that in my neighborhood I don’t see as much elderly people, many of the people I know range from 24-35 years old. I thought I was going to see a lower estimate number for people of White race and a higher estimate number of people that are Mexican race. My neighborhood is mostly occupied with people of Mexican ethnicity. This can also be because most of them might be undocumented immigrants. My neighborhood is a Hispanic/Latino community, which clearly shows in the census that the Hispanic/Latino race makes up 2,702 of the 3,852 total population. After people of Hispanic/Latino race, the second race to live in this neighborhood are people of Black/African American race.

Before I went to community service I felt very confused and excited at the same time because when I was in the 7th and 8th grade I went to do community service but it was hard and very long. Also But this year it was even longer and I already knew how to do it but it was very boring to do it all again. Also I was very excited because I knew that we could choose to go where ever we won’t and I knew I wanted to go to help kids out. So I was very excited about that but I also was not happy that we had to do six hours. During the process of the moment happening I became more like I wanted to do it more.

During high school, you either become a member of a club or an athlete. In my case, I decided to be part of Student Council so I could be more involved in school activities. All of the student council members were required to run for a leadership position, from president to historian. When senior year came, I knew I wanted to run for a competitive and very important position. And that’s exactly what happened I decided to run for senior class president, but I never expected such an outcome.

Haiti is a country consisting of a phenomenological community where its members are faced with a major health disparity affecting the entire population. When visiting the area of Fonfrede, a small rural community within the town of Les Cayes, an assessment of the area indicated an indefinite lack of basic needs. According to American Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs the most basic human needs are physiological needs which include: air, food, water, sex, sleep, and other factors towards homeostasis. While we were in the community we used the community assessment tool to help us assess the community and to help us think about it in a holistic way.

I believe that people who live in small communities are too close minded when it comes to people of other cultures. I base this belief on personal experiences and observations.

The first scholarly article explores into the many potential of individualism in comparison with collectivism in an organizational setting. As current research suggests that individualistic ideals should not be given opportunities because they encourage destructive conflict and opportunism due to their self-governing attribute, whereas collectivism is more sought-after as they initiate cooperation and productivity. The article argues that

Question 2: Which strategy or strategies would you recommend for your organization to adopt or to continue?